Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto
08/05/2018.
[Toledo] Spain
metalocus, INÉS OÑATE
metalocus, INÉS OÑATE
The new administrative and logistical center of the energy consulting company Ibenergi, located in an industrial area of Toledo, is the result of looking for a work space linking the interior of a working environment and the cultivated nature that surrounds it.
Exterior. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Photograph by Montse Zamorano
Main facade. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Photograph by Jorge López Sacristán
Main entrance. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Photograph by Montse Zamorano
Gardens. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Photograph by Montse Zamorano
Side facade and gardens. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Photograph by Montse Zamorano
Gardens. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Photograph by Montse Zamorano
Interior, offices. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Photograph by Jorge López Sacristán
Interior, main stairs. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Photograph by Jorge López Sacristán
Interior spaces. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Photograph by Jorge López Sacristán
Interior spaces. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Photograph by Jorge López Sacristán
Facade detail. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Photograph by Montse Zamorano
Facade detail. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Photograph by Montse Zamorano
Exterior, night view. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Photograph by Montse Zamorano
Exterior, night view. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Photograph by Montse Zamorano
Site plan. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Courtesy of Taller Abierto
Ground floor. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Courtesy of Taller Abierto
First floor. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Courtesy of Taller Abierto
Second floor. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Courtesy of Taller Abierto
Northwest facade. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Courtesy of Taller Abierto
Southeast facade. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Courtesy of Taller Abierto
Cross facades. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Courtesy of Taller Abierto
Longitudinal section. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Courtesy of Taller Abierto
Longitudinal section. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Courtesy of Taller Abierto
Cross sections. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Courtesy of Taller Abierto
Constructive section. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Courtesy of Taller Abierto
Model. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Photograph by Taller Abierto
Model. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Photograph by Taller Abierto
Model. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Photograph by Taller Abierto
Model. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Photograph by Taller Abierto
Concept scketch. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Courtesy of Taller Abierto
Concept scketch. Ibenergi Headquarters by Taller Abierto. Courtesy of Taller Abierto
The team of architects Taller Abierto presents this headquarters for the offices of the Ibenergi company.
The main conditioning factors of the proposal are the climate and the need to design comfortable and well-lit work areas. It is decided to develop the program in unitary spaces opened by large holes in the garden, attenuating the sunlight with vegetation and exterior pergolas that project shade.
So much attention is paid to the design of the interior of the building as to the surrounding spaces. The structure is a continuous concrete wall encofrado with splint, generating the main geometry. The open and continuous spaces are distributed with transparent methacrylate surfaces and light wooden elements.
The main conditioning factors of the proposal are the climate and the need to design comfortable and well-lit work areas. It is decided to develop the program in unitary spaces opened by large holes in the garden, attenuating the sunlight with vegetation and exterior pergolas that project shade.
So much attention is paid to the design of the interior of the building as to the surrounding spaces. The structure is a continuous concrete wall encofrado with splint, generating the main geometry. The open and continuous spaces are distributed with transparent methacrylate surfaces and light wooden elements.
Description of project by Taller Abierto
The new administrative and logistics centre of Ibenergi, an energy consulting company, is located in an industrial area of Toledo, Spain. The project is the result of pursuing a more human-cantered and pleasant workplace, attempting to connect the interior of a working environment to the cultivated nature that surrounds the building.
The project is divided in two different volumes: one of them are the offices, and the other is a warehouse logistics. The main driver of the design of the offices is to give a functional solution to the harsh summers of Toledo, at the same time as to provide with natural light the interior working spaces.
There are two big openings providing dual orientation lighting, which get shading from external trellis and pergolas wrapped in vegetation. It is equally important what happens inside the building as what happens in the external gardening areas. The swaying branches of the maple, ginkgo, sweetgum, lime and callery pear trees and vines, outdoor grown, are reflected onto the external grooved aluminium surfaces and glass façades.
The structure is made of reinforced concrete walls that enable to create continuous and opened spaces, with bathrooms and stairs being the only permanent spaces. The space is divided with transparent methacrylate curved walls and light wood panels, and the technical installations have an isotropic layout, which enables the floor plan to easily change its geometry and arrangement in the future. The current distribution has a big opened space for the telephone operators, smaller spaces for the technical departments, various meeting rooms and the administrative offices.
The materials for the façade are glass and aluminum. The first floor is enclosed by glass: it has a rest area, a cafeteria and welcomes the visitor with a double height vestibule with a simple and light stairs that connects with the upper floor. The lecture hall for training is located in an external enclosed space made of a free-shaped concrete wall with zenith lighting, adding volumetric contrast and singularity to the building. The pavement, acoustic ceiling, lighting and air conditioning openings follow the same grid of the structure and the façade. The external fence, which is made out of perforated metallic sheet, follows the geometry of the aluminum sheet of the façade.
The artificial lighting is designed to create a balanced geometry of harmonious spaces between the internal lighting, the external pergolas, the fence and the external pavement.
We like to think of this project as a promise, and to allude to things that are still unseen. The final objective is that one day the imagery that is presented today cannot be duplicated, as the tree leaves and climbing plants which creep up their façades, protect same from the summer sun and filter its presence during winter.
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Architects
Taller Abierto. Nacho Román Santiago, Julio Rodríguez Pareja and Daniel Martínez Díaz.
Architect collaborator
Jorge López Sacristán.
Location
Calle Río Jarama, 126. 45007. Toledo, Spain.
Client
Ibenergi-Asesores Energéticos S.L.
Dates
Start of construction.- January 2016 / End of construction.- July 2017.
Area
603 sqm / Cost sqm.- $946.
Collaborators
Structure.- Miguel Montero / Installations.- Ibenergi Asesores Energéticos S.L. / Construction Architect.- Paz Castellano Lizano.
Materials
Structure.- Concrete with 70mm pine cladding. / Ventilated façade.- Machined plates of anodized aluminum. Falkit System: Alu-Stock S.A. / Interior walls.- Carpentry and Methacrylates Kuma Structures. / Metallic locksmith, pergolas, railings, stairs and external fencing.- SOM Peninsular Services, Works and Maintenance, S.L. / Metallic carpentry.- Alugom aluminum profiles. / Floors.- Acoustic vinyl flooring in roll Forbo Flooring Systems. / Vinyl carpets.- Keplan / Acoustic ceilings.- Thermo-acoustic panels made of natural fibers Celenit-Maydisa. / Cement pavements.- Continuous concrete floors cut and machined with brass joints Pavicolor. / Gardening.- trees and lawn grass Viveros El Abeto / Radiators, convectors and radiant panels.- Runtal_Zhender.
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Arquitectos Taller Abierto
Taller Abierto is an architecture studio based in Madrid, founded by Daniel Martinez Diaz, Nacho Román Santiago, and Julio Rodriguez Pareja. Open Workshop has been recognized on several occasions since its recent creation in 2011. It has won the first prize in the international competition "Living Aleutian Home" for the construction of a sustainable home in Alaska. His work has been selected and presented in numerous national and international forums and exhibitions - (Oregon, Milan, and Tokyo)
Daniel Martinez Diaz, architect by the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM) in 2008. Assistant Professor of Architectural Projects at ETSAM in the Teaching Unit of Alberto Campo Baeza. 2006-2010. Architect collaborator in the professional studies of architect professors Alberto Morell Sixto (2003-2007) and Mariano Bayón Álvarez (2008-2011). Currently, he develops a doctoral thesis on the work of Jean Prouvé, as a researcher in the Department of Architectural Projects of the ETSAM, and combines academic activity with professional activity applying his research on industrialization to the development of projects mainly experimental housing. He is part of the Research Group "Geometries of Contemporary Architecture" of the Department of Architectural Projects of the ETSAM.
Nacho Román Santiago, architect by the School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM) in 2008. Assistant professor in the Teaching Unit of José Manuel López-Peláez in the Department of Architectural Projects of the ETSAM (2011-2014). He has worked as a collaborating architect in the studies of architect professors Carlos Asensio-Wandosell (2005-2007) and Mariano Bayón Álvarez (2007-2011). He currently combines teaching, academic and professional activities: He is a professor of construction and projects at the School of Architecture of Toledo (UCLM), develops his doctoral thesis on English architecture of the modern movement, and develops projects in the architecture studio Open Workshop, focused on research and construction of new housing models. He has maintained a process of research and artistic creation since 1988. He has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions and has been distinguished with prestigious awards.
Julio Rodriguez Pareja, architect by the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM) 2007. He won the first prize in the IV National contest of ideas for young architects in 2004 as co-author with Carlos Luxán Antón-Pacheco. He collaborates in the professional studies of the architects Álvaro de Torres McCrory (2005), Rodrigo Aragón and Ignacio Lumbier (2006-2007), Mariano Bayón Álvarez (2007-2011) and José María de Lapuerta (2011). Currently, he develops his professional work as an autonomous architect collaborating in different national projects and is developing a line of research within the Open Workshop for the construction of experimental housing in rural environments.
Daniel Martinez Diaz, architect by the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM) in 2008. Assistant Professor of Architectural Projects at ETSAM in the Teaching Unit of Alberto Campo Baeza. 2006-2010. Architect collaborator in the professional studies of architect professors Alberto Morell Sixto (2003-2007) and Mariano Bayón Álvarez (2008-2011). Currently, he develops a doctoral thesis on the work of Jean Prouvé, as a researcher in the Department of Architectural Projects of the ETSAM, and combines academic activity with professional activity applying his research on industrialization to the development of projects mainly experimental housing. He is part of the Research Group "Geometries of Contemporary Architecture" of the Department of Architectural Projects of the ETSAM.
Nacho Román Santiago, architect by the School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM) in 2008. Assistant professor in the Teaching Unit of José Manuel López-Peláez in the Department of Architectural Projects of the ETSAM (2011-2014). He has worked as a collaborating architect in the studies of architect professors Carlos Asensio-Wandosell (2005-2007) and Mariano Bayón Álvarez (2007-2011). He currently combines teaching, academic and professional activities: He is a professor of construction and projects at the School of Architecture of Toledo (UCLM), develops his doctoral thesis on English architecture of the modern movement, and develops projects in the architecture studio Open Workshop, focused on research and construction of new housing models. He has maintained a process of research and artistic creation since 1988. He has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions and has been distinguished with prestigious awards.
Julio Rodriguez Pareja, architect by the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM) 2007. He won the first prize in the IV National contest of ideas for young architects in 2004 as co-author with Carlos Luxán Antón-Pacheco. He collaborates in the professional studies of the architects Álvaro de Torres McCrory (2005), Rodrigo Aragón and Ignacio Lumbier (2006-2007), Mariano Bayón Álvarez (2007-2011) and José María de Lapuerta (2011). Currently, he develops his professional work as an autonomous architect collaborating in different national projects and is developing a line of research within the Open Workshop for the construction of experimental housing in rural environments.
